.xls email attachments are arriving at the recipient as .dat file.

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UK-Graham

I am running Excel 2003 and yesterday I emailed (using Outlook 2003) twice to
different addresses at the same client with .xls attachments. Both times the
attachments arrived as .dat files. When I sent myself one of the messages as
a test, it arrived with the attachment OK and uncorrupted. Any ideas? is it
their virus protection maybe?
 
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Gordon

UK-Graham said:
I am running Excel 2003 and yesterday I emailed (using Outlook 2003) twice to
different addresses at the same client with .xls attachments. Both times the
attachments arrived as .dat files. When I sent myself one of the messages as
a test, it arrived with the attachment OK and uncorrupted. Any ideas? is it
their virus protection maybe?
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I would suggest that you are sending in Rich Text Format and your
clients are not using Outlook as their email client. Try sending using
plain text or HTML format instead.
 
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Lady Layla

What email program are they using?


: I am running Excel 2003 and yesterday I emailed (using Outlook 2003) twice to
: different addresses at the same client with .xls attachments. Both times the
: attachments arrived as .dat files. When I sent myself one of the messages as
: a test, it arrived with the attachment OK and uncorrupted. Any ideas? is it
: their virus protection maybe?
 
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Gord Dibben

Try sending in "Plain Text" format to all receivers.

Some email clients(Outlook Express for one) do not handle Rich Text Format and
change the files to *.dat


Gord Dibben Excel MVP
 
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Gordon

Gord said:
Try sending in "Plain Text" format to all receivers.

Some email clients(Outlook Express for one) do not handle Rich Text
Format and change the files to *.dat
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Think you'll find it's *all* email clients other than Outlook!
:)
 
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